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Researchers boast of progress with printed electronics

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:02:00 +0000

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
There’s certainly no shortage of researchers working on printable electronics these days, but a group from the EU-funded CONTACT project is now boasting of a “major step” towards being able to print electronics on everyday materials. At the moment, they seem to be focused …

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Laser-etched tattoos: don’t try this at home, kids

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:32:00 +0000

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It’s not too often case mods cross over into the world of body mods, but when you kind of think about it, it was only a matter of time before people started using laser-etchers to give themselves immaculately detailed burn “tattoos.” It’s unclear what kind of lasting effec…

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LG’s KT520 and KF390 get checked out

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:14:00 +0000

Filed under: Handsets, LG, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
It’s easy for some of the mid-range riff raff to get buried by the headliners at trade shows, and that’s exactly what happened with a pair of LG sliders at CommunicAsia this year that still deserve just a little bit of attention. The KT520 is arguabl…

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iPhone 3G lines start at the Apple Cube… one week early

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:53:00 +0000

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_3G_line_camping_begins_now’; So we heard some really over-eager folks have decided to get a jump on the iPhone 3G line — a really, really big jump. Obviously, we had to head down and see if it was true… and it is. Right n…

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Keepin’ it real fake, part CXXII: if Nokia won’t make it, China will

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:08:00 +0000

Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM
Don’t get us wrong, Nokia’s Aeon concept is beautiful. By the time you remove all the fanciful, nonexistent technology and try to come up with a dead ringer of your own, though, a certain something is lost in translation. A manufacturer — not Nokia, trust us — ha…

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Non-planar devices promise downloadable hardware, interactive soda cans

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +0000

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Scientists have been up to some wacky (and amazing) stuff in the world of flexible computers and organic user interfaces. Putting standard our standard concept of computers aside, researches are the Human Media Laboratory at Queen’s University in Canada are developing what…

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New solar sail aims to not repeat recent history

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:41:00 +0000

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsAttempts to launch a solar sail into space haven’t exactly been met with success in the past, but NASA now looks set to try to notch one up in the win column, with the agency reportedly on track for a launch of its own as soon as July 29th. As the name suggests, its new Nan…

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Group Sense’s Palm OS line-up give way to lone, Linux-based phone

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:37:00 +0000

Filed under: Cellphones
Well, it looks like Group Sense’s once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a single, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn’t seem like the new handset is about to work any wonders for …

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Samsung i900 Omnia vs. HTC Touch Diamond… fight!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:36:00 +0000

Filed under: Cellphones
At this point, neither the HTC Touch Diamond nor the Samsung i900 Omnia need any introduction, but we’re happy to announce that these two have stepped into the squared circle and faced off in an epic nine-page battle. Reviewers manhandled both phones for an extended time and …

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HTC’s NEON400: a CDMA Touch Dual?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:37:00 +0000

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
In HTC parlance, the “Neon” codename denotes a device of the Touch Dual form factor — original Touch styling plus a slider keyboard, a drill we all know by now. This particular form factor seems to be a pretty popular one, too, considering the sheer number of vari…

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